diff --git a/src/segments/git.go b/src/segments/git.go
index e2828bb6..7f811a66 100644
--- a/src/segments/git.go
+++ b/src/segments/git.go
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ func (g *Git) setPrettyHEADName() {
 	// we didn't fetch status, fallback to parsing the HEAD file
 	if len(g.ShortHash) == 0 {
 		HEADRef := g.FileContents(g.workingDir, "HEAD")
+		g.Detached = !strings.HasPrefix(HEADRef, "ref:")
 		if strings.HasPrefix(HEADRef, BRANCHPREFIX) {
 			branchName := strings.TrimPrefix(HEADRef, BRANCHPREFIX)
 			g.HEAD = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", g.props.GetString(BranchIcon, "\uE0A0"), g.formatHEAD(branchName))
@@ -746,17 +747,20 @@ func (g *Git) setPrettyHEADName() {
 			g.Hash = HEADRef[0:]
 		}
 	}
+
 	// check for tag
 	tagName := g.getGitCommandOutput("describe", "--tags", "--exact-match")
 	if len(tagName) > 0 {
 		g.HEAD = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", g.props.GetString(TagIcon, "\uF412"), tagName)
 		return
 	}
+
 	// fallback to commit
 	if len(g.ShortHash) == 0 {
 		g.HEAD = g.props.GetString(NoCommitsIcon, "\uF594 ")
 		return
 	}
+
 	g.HEAD = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", g.props.GetString(CommitIcon, "\uF417"), g.ShortHash)
 }